ACCOUNTING REGULATORS are continuing attempts to wean financial analysts not upon reliance on a single profit figure by means of developing the notion of "comprehensive income".

ACCOUNTING REGULATORS are continuing attempts to wean financial analysts not upon reliance on a single profit figure by means of developing the notion of "comprehensive income". The spate of accounting scandals in the US and Europe were largely driven from executives' desires to meet the quarterly and annual profit targets desired by dint of investors.

On 28 May, the International Accounting